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just set up swaro TDS reticle

hi chaps
just thought id share my experiences of setting up my swaro 2.5 x 10 x 56 with tds reticle
A good friend of mine ben c off here had invited me over to do a bit of zeroing at his as
he has some good safe areas to get some distance and he also wanted to try some custom
loads through his 6,5 x 55 with a nightforce scope on which he would be dialling in .
I understood by reading up when i bought my scope that you could set up a 300 yard sure shot
by zeroing at say around the 100 mark plus or minus to correspond with one of the three lines
beneath the cross hairs which would tally up at the 300 mark depending on ammo weight of bullet
etc .
so we set up a pallet with some good size cardboard on it at 300 and also a shorter one at 100 to check
zero .
I started off with my blaser 30 .06 with 165 grain federal fusion with one centre of bull
I then tried two ppu 168 grain that went two inches low but through the same hole
ben got a nice group with his so we moved back to 300 to try our luck
I had drawn around a roll of insulation tape but not made it stand out enough and was struggling to make
it out properly but managed to get a couple of shots off that revealed that the drop was 13 inches
back up to the board and made it stand out alot more ben suggested that i put a circle around the low shots
so when we got back to 300 I could cover it with one of the lines and see where the cross hairs fell on the
top ring
this was a bullet saver as when we got back the middle line was exactly through the bottom ring where the
two low shots had gone and the cross hairs were through the top ring origanil aimpoint
so now to see if it all worked as it should in theory
three more shots using the middle line produced a three shot group bang on height of the top bull of two and
a half inches with a blustery headwind also really chuffed with the result
to say im over the moon with the rifle , scope , mod , bullets fusions , and minimal damage on the roe ive shot
would be an understatement .

sorry if this was a bit long winded or a bit old fashioned way of doing things but too much technologhy does me
I like to keep things simple and this has worked for me so happy days

I found some 2 1/2'x 2' inch square flip board sheets which would be ideal for this type if zeroing. 40 sheets for £6 . Where it will come in handy is if you roughly know the drop at say 300 and want to check how many inches you are off.